. >> the institution of marriage and marriage laws are designed to attach mothers and fathers to each other and the children that they may create and raise in the best environment. >>> president obama now calls doma, the defensive marriage act, unconstitutional, while house republicans are defending doma in court. athe center of tomorrow's challenge to prop 8 is a couple from the bay area. they and another couple from burbank are the named plaintiffs. the ruling is expected to come down sometime in mid-july. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." >>> we were both in the north bay over the weekend. it was gorgeous. just beautiful. wine country. >> you can't beat it any time of year. this time of year, a lot of people were up there enjoying the beautiful, beautiful weather. the golden gate bridge, which is jam-packed, people walking up and down, back and forth. what i can tell you, we are not going to see the same activity this week. we have a lot more cloud cover. we are expecting shower chances each day starting tomorrow through easter sunday. look at this beautiful start to the day